[Reader-list] Hindu families in Pakistan feel scared, India grants Visa

Mon Mar 16 08:52:34 IST 2009

good in the sense, that i appreciate your comment to Kashmendras post
on minorities who face the music in the current crises in pakistan.

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:31 AM, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
> good mr. Taha
>
> just to intensity
>  that how minorities and plus all the vulnerable
>  around us goes into the building of a nation state,
> the word ' legitimate' is very interesting here, i feel
>
> because what is illegitimate in the eyes of nation and  its Law is
> bound to face oppression.
>
> there is however, a paradox, that how the same Nation State protects (
> or as Nation Sate lovers say 'tolerate; ) the liberals, not as its
> duty but its lenient/flexible  approach... ( as a Lion ignores the Rat
> who teases him while deep slumber )
>
> The State, a hardened state, infact does not want any interruption in
> the Laws that have been recongnized as legitimate.
> the question is how
>  voices of the other
> can force the State to bend
> and recognize the ' blood' that has gone into the steel of its structures
>  and is lustily looking for more 'blood shedding', unfotunately, legitimately
>
> best
> is
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Taha Mehmood
> <2tahamehmood at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Kshmendra
>>
>> Do you think that this is a predicament of 'Hindus' alone or a general
>> tendency of majoritiarian nation states to alienate minorities on the basis
>> of their so called religious/ethnic identities? How different is the
>> situation of 'Hindus' in Pakistan from 'Muslims' of India or 'Hindus' of
>> Bangladesh or 'Jews' of Germany sometime back or 'Christians' of Rome a long
>> time back or 'Tutsis' of Rwanda or ' Tibetan Buddhists' of China or
>> 'Palestianian Arabs' of Israel or 'Blacks or Hispaniacs of America, when it
>> comes to assertion of dominant ethno-religious form of nationalism.
>>
>> This makes me think about the Asis Nandy's observation about violence and
>> blood shedding as part of legitimate strategy for nation building. Are we
>> witnessing another round of 'demonic and seductive'  form a religious
>> nationalism? Could we read the terrible experience of 'Hnidu' families as
>> yet another sick rite of exorcism? (the link to this essay by Nandy was
>> kindly posted by Jeebesh on the reader-list few days ago). Are we witnessing
>> signs of an 'Islamic' revolution in Pakistan?
>>
>>  It is indeed sad and disgusting to see sections of pakistan's neo political
>> class pick on 'Hindus' to make an example of them.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Taha
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Versions of the news item reproduced below (from PunjabNewsline) have also
>>> appeared in:
>>>
>>> - ZEENEWS "Pak Hindu families seekl India citizenship"
>>>      http://international.zeenews.com/inner1.asp?aid=203968&sid=HEL
>>>
>>> - DAWN "Fata’s 35 Hindus migrate to India"
>>>
>>> http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/fatas-35-hindus-migrate-to-india--bi
>>>
>>> Kshmendra
>>>
>>>
>>> "Hindu families in Pakistan feel scared, India grants Visa"
>>> JAGMOHAN SINGH
>>> Saturday, 07 March 2009
>>>
>>> AMRITSAR: Indian Government has granted one year visa to 35 Hindu migrants
>>> from Pakistan who faced threat to their lives in Pakistan, particularly in
>>> tribal areas. The group including 16 men, 16 females and three children had
>>> crossed over to india few days back.
>>>
>>> The Pak Hindus narrated their woes to Indian authorities. They carried the
>>> nightmare, experienced Immediately after they went to Delhi to get extension
>>> in visa and permission to stay in Amritsar. All the families arrived in
>>> Amritsar on Saturday after obtaining visa for one year.
>>>
>>> Jagdish Sharma resident of tribal area near Peshawar in Pakistan said, “We
>>> were living in Pakistan under severe fear psychosis due to the domination of
>>> strong group of Taliban people who are running parallel Government. In such
>>> circumstances, Hindus and Sikh families were not safe, especially our female
>>> members. We preferred to migrate in India, at least here in India we can
>>> breathe out with peace and calm mind since our families are safe in India”.
>>>
>>> Adding further he said, “We strongly urge the Government of India to allow
>>> us stay here in India permanently, since we don’t want to go back in the
>>> hellish atmosphere where there is no life security”.
>>>
>>> Jagdish Sharma said, “All the 35 members of four Hindu families would never
>>> prefer to return to Pakistan. Now we have intention to settle here
>>> permanently and expect that Government of India would never disappoint the
>>> Pakistan based Hindus who arrived here after being plundered in Pakistan”.
>>>
>>> Hardwari Lal resident of Orkzai nearly 180 kilometers from Peshawar said,
>>> “I was running my grocery shop there which was forcibly took over by the
>>> fundamentalist people who also took possession of our entire property. Even
>>> Sikh Gurdwara (Sikh shrine) as well as Hindu Temples were not safe, since
>>> none of the priest of respective religions dare to stay there for required
>>> necessary ritual daily prayers. Pakistan Government has appointed local
>>> executive magistrates as a care taker for religious shrines in the tribal
>>> area of Pakistan”.
>>>
>>> Hardwari said, “We strongly urge the Government of India to do the needful
>>> for us so that we could settle down in India and could reestablish our
>>> business here as there is no chance for us to go back to Pakistan”.
>>>
>>> Rekha a female migrant from Peshawar said, “ We have heaved sigh of relief
>>> while reaching on Indian territory, since every morning we were observing
>>> close encounter to death as life is highly unsecured. My parents were always
>>> worried about me and my brothers due to domination of fundamentalist people.
>>> Being a girl I Never went out of my house and remained confined with in the
>>> four walls of our house. I never got privilege to obtain education, since
>>> girls were not allowed to attend school in the tribal area of Pakistan”.
>>>
>>> Adding further Rekha said, “There was no life in the tribal area of
>>> Pakistan, as there was no liberty for   women to move out, if gets chance
>>> only in Burqa (clad) while covering face and body with black gown. In
>>> Pakistan Taliban considers Hindu community very meek and feeble. Numerous
>>> Hindu families still were languishing in the tribal area of Pakistan as
>>> unable to get visa for India which they were facing acute hardship. Since
>>> for visa everybody has to appear before the Indian High Commission and for
>>> women it is difficult to come out from house to move out from the tribal
>>> area”, she quipped.
>>>
>>> http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/15562/40/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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